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Saturday, 16 April 2011

Asparagus season

Growing asparagus is not for the impatient. You plant a crown. Several months later a spear appears above ground. You gently break it to your husband that he can't eat it; he must wait at least another year.

22 comments:

That is a beautiful spear of asparagus!! I want to grow some so so SO badly! Maybe I'll go to the nursery today & get some crowns :) Butter and lemon shaken is my all time favorite asparagus topping as well, it perfectly compliments the flavors of this veg. Enjoy your bountiful harvest!!

Congratulations on reaching year 2! I planted asparagus some time ago in our community garden and then moved away before the first actual harvest. If the first one is any indication, you have nice asparagus coming.

Ha! It looks gorgeous. My hubby was asking if we could plant some this year...and when I told him yes, but we wouldn't be able to eat them, he pouted. I'll have to show him what we can expect next year ;)

It's always such a thrill to harvest asparagus from the garden. I love the anticipation you shared with us this morning. I'll wager the spear was delicious. It certainly is one of the best looking I've ever seen :-). Have a great day. Blessings...Mary

Haha! Ah, the tribulations of the home gardener. It's always feast or famine, isn't it? Bushels of cudgel-sized zucchini that you're dropping on doorsteps or one singular, precious asparagus spear to fight over.

Oh I'm so excited I found your blog. I did laugh when I read : "After some avid googling, you adopt the Ohio State University asparagus-growing fact sheet as your bible. It's the one that says you CAN harvest in the second year."Just before finding you I had come home with 2 plants and done exactly that! I note you have grown yours in the bags I use for potatoes, any tips on that as I don't want to plant them in the garden. Pat, Nottinghamshire

Pat - I use these bags for spuds too! They seem to be doing really well in them. Just make sure you water them! We rent, so when we eventually move on I didn't want to leave behind an established asparagus bed. When we buy a place of our own we'll plant them out.

Thanks for the info. Am worried about my potatoes in the bags at the moment as they shot up so fast and the 'lates' are about to flower! As for the Asparagus, I am going to do a couple of plants in a bag and we have decided to do a small raised bed in the garden so now I have to source a place to buy some good plants. What do you grow yours in compost wise?Pat

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